The 2018 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of head coaches across the state.

Players were placed onto the first-team, second-team and honorable mention based upon the number of votes they received. In 5A-1A, spots were reserved for linemen and one kicker/punter, while 8-man reserved spots for linemen.

CHSAA does not determine who makes or doesn’t make the team; they are created from the results of the coaches’ vote.

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Class 5A

(Steve Oathout)

Player of the year: Aidan Atkinson, Fairview

Coach of the year: Ed McCaffrey, Valor Christian

Honorable mention: JJ Augustus, Eaglecrest, Senior, WR/CB; Tyler Banks, Fairview, Senior, OL/DL; Alex Bishard, Legacy, Senior, G/DT; Grayson Blackmon, Cherry Creek, Junior, DT; Vance Brazile, Cherry Creek, Senior, TE; Manuel Corrales, Westminster, Junior, OL/DL; Brian Crespo, Poudre, Junior, OL; Erik Delgado, Far Northeast Warriors, Senior, K/P; Bryce DesJardins, Fairview, Senior, WR/CB; Elijah Ewing, Denver East, Senior, WR/DB; Aaron Franklin, Denver East, Junior, WR/DB; Ryan Gilmore, ThunderRidge, Senior, QB; Thomas Harries, Ralston Valley, Senior, FS/WR; Zach Heckman, Fossil Ridge, Senior, G/OT; David Hoage, Smoky Hill, Senior, RB/MLB; Pierce Holley, Lakewood, Senior, QB; Cole Jesch, Ralston Valley, Senior, OT/C; Q Jones, Fountain-Fort Carson, Sophomore, RB/FS/SS; Adam Karas, Pomona, Junior, OT; Luke Keefe, Regis Jesuit, Senior, DE/DT; Dakota Key, Legacy, Junior, RB/LB; Casey Knutsen, Fossil Ridge, Senior, SS/RB/P; Colin Lavell, Legend, Senior, OT/G; Ryan Le, Mountain Vista, Senior, G/C; Brady Legault, Arvada West, Senior, G/DT; Devon Lobato, Doherty, Senior, FS; Geno Macias, Regis Jesuit, Senior, LB/SS; JP Martinez, Westminster, Senior, OL/DL; Mikey McClelland, Chaparral, Senior, DT/DE; Raymond Mclaughlin, Fountain-Fort Carson, Senior, C; Kyle Moretti, Pomona, Junior, MLB/FB; Sam Motzkus, ThunderRidge, Senior, DE; Brandy Okeke, Grandview, Senior, DE/LB; Trustin Oliver, Legend, Senior, WR; Lance Opp, Highlands Ranch, Senior, WR/LB; Cole Oster, Castle View, Senior, S/RB; Matt Pando, Northglenn, Senior, C; Dadrian Paris, Horizon, Senior, WR; Cole Parrott, Columbine, Senior, DL/TE/LS; Dayne Prim, Grandview, Senior, WR; Jalon’e Rice, Overland, Senior, WR/CB; Scott Ruckel, ThunderRidge, Senior, WR; Myles Ruiz, Cherokee Trail, Senior, DB/WR; Obasanjo Sanni, Smoky Hill, Junior, RB; Gavin Sawchuk, Valor Christian, Freshman, WR; Ben Schneider, Ralston Valley, Senior, LB/MLB; Liban Shongolo, Adams City, Senior, QB/SS; Malik Sparrow, Cherokee Trail, Senior, RB; Preston Stansel, Boulder, Senior, ATH; Grant Stewartson, Highlands Ranch, Junior, OL/DL; Jack Thiele, Pomona, Senior, SS/CB; Anthony Thomas, Rangeview, Junior, G/DT.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Zach Weinmaster, Loveland

Coach of the year: Wayne McGinn, Loveland

Honorable mention: Donovan Andrus, Grand Junction, Senior, DE/OG; Cauy Boulden, Montrose, Senior, WR/DB; Andre Brown, Greeley West, Senior, DE; Blake Bucca, Standley Lake, Senior, OL/DL; Ricky Childers, Skyline, Senior, G/NG; Drake Cortez, Brighton, Senior, WR/RB/CB; Oakley Dehning, Longmont, Senior, QB; Michael Deschene, Loveland, Senior, MLB/FB; Sam Dirks, Silver Creek, Senior, DT/DE; Nick Faraca, Centaurus, Junior, QB; Austin Fiala, Monarch, Junior, RB/MLB; Alex Guzman, Bear Creek, Senior, OT; Isaac Hesse, Skyline, Senior, OT/DL; Kevin Hooks, Cheyenne Mountain, Senior, DB/WR; Soren Howard, Wheat Ridge, Senior, OT/DE/TE; Joe Hufford, Ponderosa, Junior, WR/K/Ret.; Christian Jones, Air Academy, Junior, DL/OL; Noah Karwacki, Vista Peak Prep, Senior, K/P; Emmert Kastendieck, Montrose, Junior, RB/CB; Faleao Leatiota, Mesa Ridge, Senior, NG/C; Jacob Lee, Pueblo West, Senior, DL; Max Marsh, Grand Junction Central, Junior, QB; Braden Martinez, Windsor, Senior, LB/DB; Chandler Mason, Pueblo West, Junior, QB/LB/MLB; Nejon McCray, Denver South, Senior, DE/DT; Kolton Miller, Ponderosa, Sophomore, WR/Ret.; Micaylon Moore, Fort Collins, Senior, WR/DB/Ret.; Gianni Palazzo, Heritage, Senior, QB/SB; Joey Piacenza, Greeley West, Senior, TE/LB; Harlan Potts, Hinkley, Senior, MLB/OT; Elias Rolfe, Pine Creek, Junior, DE; Zach Rush, Fruita Monument, Senior, QB/C; Tyler Schemp, Greeley Central, Senior, OL/DL; Joshua Sharpes, Loveland, Senior, OT; Cole Simmons, Montrose, Junior, OL/LB; Chris Smith, Liberty, Senior, TE/LB; Michael Thompson, Aurora Central, Senior, MLB/TE; Andy Vickery, Heritage, Junior, G/NG; Jack Wathen, Skyline, Senior, WR/LB; Cameron White, Rampart, Senior, G/NG; Elijah Williams, Gateway, Senior, LB/WR.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Ty Evans, Palmer Ridge

Coach of the year: Al Melo, Harrison

Honorable mention: Joseph Alejo, Palisade, Junior, TE/LB; Austin Ban, Steamboat Springs, Senior, RB/LB; Will Banks, Green Mountain, Junior, DE; Cayden Camper, Pueblo County, Senior, K/P; Dante Ciaravola, Frederick, Senior, RB/SB/WR; Zak Cossette, Eagle Valley, 0, RB/MLB; Sebastian Dalton, Holy Family, Senior, DT/RB; Hector Escobar, Battle Mountain, Senior, DT/OT/LS; Ben Haefeli, Evergreen, Senior, FS/RB/CB; Ben Hersam, Mitchell, Senior, RB/MLB; Jahvell Johnson-Humphrey, George Washington, Senior, WR/CB; Marcus Kemm, Skyview, Senior, CB/SB; Michael Kumlin, Kennedy, Senior, LB/TE; Tanner Leise, Mead, Senior, DE; Matt Lyons, Harrison, Senior, OL/LB; Nico Martin, Pueblo Central, Senior, RB/WR; Nathaniel Mesa, Harrison, Senior, OL/DL; Taylor Morgan, Summit, Senior, DT/OT/G; Gabe Morgan, Canon City, Junior, OL/DL; Cameron Nellor, Thompson Valley, Junior, SB/QB/SS; Buddie Niccoli, Pueblo Centennial, Senior, RB/LB; Gavin Orbus, Holy Family, Senior, OL; Dorian Pacheco, Lutheran, Freshman, RB/LB; Grant Pullen, George Washington, Senior, DE/TE; Alex Rodriguez, Glenwood Springs, Senior, G/DT; Caleb Sherrill, Falcon, Senior, LB/RB; Cole Sniff, Pueblo South, Senior, RB/FB; Max Tafoya, Denver North, Senior, OT/DT; Nick Wall, Roosevelt, Senior, WR/CB; Carver Willis, Durango, Junior, OT/DT.

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Class 2A

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Player of the year: Jon Nuschy, La Junta

Coach of the year: Ty Buderus, La Junta

Honorable mention: Jared Baker, Moffat County, Senior, G/DE; Andrew Borquez, Alameda, Senior, DL/OL; Antonio Chavez, La Junta, Junior, RB/LB; Bryson Cox, Woodland Park, Sophomore, TE/DE; Garrett Craig, The Classical Academy, Senior, OL/DL; Henry Fritzler, Eaton, Senior, DT/G; Hadley Holloway, Bennett, Senior, OT/DT; Dillon Jonsson, Aspen, Senior, OT/DT; Walker Kee, Lamar, Junior; Tyler Kissler, Valley, Senior, CB/WR; Ben Kuhnel, Middle Park, Senior, WR/S/ATH; Dillon Lucas, Prospect Ridge Academy, Senior, RB/LB; John Paul Luebbers, Bishop Machebeuf, Senior, G/DE; Goskany Luquin, Basalt, Senior, DE/OL; Ethan Mackley, Rifle, Junior, G/DE; Ryan Malden, La Junta, Junior, QB/RB; Grady Mandl, The Academy, Senior, WR/CB; Alex Maravilla, Eaton, Senior, MLB/OT; Caleb Miramontes, Delta, Senior, RB/LB; Swayde Noyes, Montezuma-Cortez, Senior, OT/DE; Danny Pelphrey, Berthoud, Senior, WR/DB; Antonio Rivera, Alamosa, Senior, MLB; Riley Romero, La Junta, Senior, WR; Nick Segal, University, Senior, LB/RB; Damian Spell, Coal Ridge, Junior, DT/OG/G; Brady Sullivan, D’Evelyn, Senior, ILB/OG; Angel Villarruel, Englewood, Junior, OL/DL; Mark Walvoord, Kent Denver, Senior, OL/DL; Nick Wellen, Brush, Junior, RB/MLB; Ethan Winden, Weld Central, Senior; Hunter Zentz, Manitou Springs, Senior, WR/CB.

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Class 1A

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Player of the year: Cannan Bennett, Limon

Coach of the year: Mike O’Dwyer, Limon

Honorable mention: Koby Anderson, Highland, Senior, TE/LB; Lukas Baltzer, Colorado Springs Christian, Senior; Rian Chavez, Colorado Springs Christian, Sophomore, MLB; Bert Chrastil, Estes Park, Senior, RB/LB; Taylor Clark, Grand Valley, Senior, DE/TE; Edward Cruz, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Senior, OL/DL; Adrian Diaz De Leon, The Pinnacle, Senior, RB/LB/SS; Zach Dube, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Senior, QB/DL; Abraham Echauri, Center, Freshman, WR/CB/ATH; Jase Lantto, Peyton, Junior, DL/OL; Carlos Lopez, Center, Senior, OT/DT/FB; Ivan Martinez Pantaleon, The Pinnacle, Senior, OL/DL/K; Jacob Miller, St. Mary’s, Junior, WR/DB; Grey Neal, Paonia, Junior, QB/LB; Jonathan Pena, Grand Valley, Senior, RB/SB/SS; Jared Reynolds, Cedaredge, Senior, LB/QB; Ricardo Rocha, Rocky Ford, Junior, OL/DL; Ben Sanchez, Clear Creek, Senior, WR/DB; Trevor Smith, Strasburg, Junior, C/DT; Logan Stewart, Highland, Senior, QB/DB; Chad Sutherland, Strasburg, Junior, G/DT; Daniel Tena, Burlington, Senior; David Trujillo, Rocky Ford, Senior, WR/DB; Wesley Van Matre, John Mall, Junior, RB/LB; Taj VanderLinde, Cedaredge, Senior, DL/OL; Lane Walter, Crowley County, Senior, DE/G; Malaki Walters, Florence, Senior, LB/OG; Quamon Williams, Crowley County, Junior; Luke Yates, Buena Vista, Junior, WR/FS.

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8-man

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Player of the year: Layne Green, Sedgwick County

Coach of the year: Chris Michel, Sedgwick County

Honorable mention: Braden Anderson, Haxtun, Senior, WR/LB; Jayce Bauer, Wiley, Senior, C/DE/FB; Chris Bolt, Pikes Peak Christian, Senior, OL/DT; Riley Clayton, Sangre de Cristo, Senior, TB/LB; Zach Dolan, Vail Christian, Senior; Devon Frazier, Las Animas, Senior, LB/OL/K; Nate Freeman, Plateau Valley, Senior, OL/DL; Will Gabriel, Norwood, Senior, RB/LB; Dalton Gartrell, Sanford, Senior, TE/DE; Austin Green, Dove Creek, Senior, G/DE; Darias Harms, Simla, Junior; Terrance Heath, Sedgwick County, Sophomore, WR/TE/DE; Jaden Hottinger, Akron, Senior, RB/CB; Isaia Jarvis, Pikes Peak Christian, Senior, OL/LB; Stephen King, Gilpin County, Sophomore, QB/CB; Drew Lloyd, Front Range Christian, Senior, TE/DL; Brad Mazerall, Simla, Senior; Sean McKinley, Pikes Peak Christian, Junior, RB/LB; Austin Mclean, Dayspring Christian Academy, Junior, DT/G; Keegan Medina, Del Norte, Senior, QB; Mikey Mikita, Calhan, Senior, RB/LB; Tristan Moore, Rangely, Senior, TE/ILB; Breccen Morelli, Mancos, Junior, QB/DE; Bryar Morgan, Elbert, Senior; Brendyn Nordyke, Holly, Senior, NG/OG/RB; Beau Parker, Sedgwick County, Junior; Franchesco Rivera, Hoehne, Junior, OL/DL; Adam Sapp, Custer County, Senior, OL/DL; Thor Schiffer, Fowler, Junior, RB/OL/DL; Brady Shelley, Byers, Senior, CB/WR; Tyshawn Silva, Justice, Senior, ATH/DB/Ret.; Daigen Springer, South Park, Senior, TB/DB; Eli Suiters, Swink, Junior, DL/TE.

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6-man

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Player of the year: Bryson Long, Peetz

Coach of the year: Toby Kechter, Stratton/Liberty

Honorable mention: Josh Baca, Granada, Senior, RB; Zayd Banks, Flagler/Hi-Plains, Sophomore; Vincent Bauer, Briggsdale, Senior, FS/WR; Axel Escareno, Manzanola, Junior, FS/QB; Brock Follett, North Park, Junior, RB/DE/LB; Isaac Gonzales, La Veta, Junior, DE/TE/WR; Chris Goss, Fleming, Sophomore, DE/WR; David Hammel, Mountain Valley, Senior, LB/TE/DE; Ty Hunt, Otis, Senior, QB/ILB/S; Cesar Iturralde, Branson/Kim, Senior, RB/FS; Dominic Martinez, Manzanola, Senior, MLB/FB; Coy McDonald, Walsh, Junior, ILB/DB/RB; Ambrosio Mondragon, Sierra Grande, Senior, WR/DE; Trey Moore, Prairie, Senior; Walker Morelock, Deer Trail, Junior, LB/RB; Alex Salazar, Walsh, Senior, RB/LB/C; Caleb Scharsch, Sierra Grande, Sophomore, TB/LB; Greg Tidquist, Genoa-Hugo, Senior, QB/S; Zackary Van Esselstine, Cotopaxi, Junior, C/DE; Brandon Williams, Fleming, Junior, RB/MLB.

When Heather Bureau was hired to teach 11th and 12th grade English at Mitchell High School, she said she was immediately drawn to the swim program.

(Gabriel Christus/Denver Broncos)

Almost 250 mile separate West Grand High School and Caliche. For the West Grand Mustangs, it was 250 miles well traveled.

The No. 2 team in the 8-man polls hit the road Friday and came away with a 38-20 win over No. 5 Caliche in a game that could prove to be West Grand’s best win of the year.

“We had great senior leadership and a great week of practice,” coach Chris Brown told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “We played well and were without one of our better linebackers and receivers, but they rose to the occasion.”

Brown noted that the Mustangs (2-0 overall) had been bit by the injury bug, but had overcome some depleted players to come away with a win over a very tough Caliche team.

The offense was powered by quarterback Luis Dominguez. The senior did enough for his coach to sing his praises to anyone within earshot.

“He played fantastic,” Brown said. “They did everything they could to take him out of the game and it didn’t work.”

The Mustangs return home next week for a showdown against South Park. The Burros will come into the game at 1-1 after grabbing a 30-15 win over Del Norte.

Radio highlights from the game:

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1A: (4) Centauri 38, (6) Paonia 0

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No. 4 Centauri took to the road and pitched a shutout over Paonia.

Chris Quintana got the scoring effort started with a rushing touchdown in the first quarter. But the strength behind the Falcons’ win was the swarming defense.

“They did a great job,” coach Kyle Forster told the Scoreboard Show. “A few weeks ago I said the defense was going to be our key this year.”

Centauri is in for a battle next week when it heads to Pagosa Springs.

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3A: (1) Erie 35, (10) Pueblo South 14

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Noah Roper was briefly knocked out of the game from an injury, but responded by coming back and running for over 100 yards in the first half.

It turns out that Roper broke his nose on the second play of the game while playing defense.

The newly-crowned top team in 3A cruised in the second half to knock off last year’s 4A champs at Dutch Clark Field.

Here’s a full story from the Pueblo Chieftain.

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4A: Palmer 21, Mitchell 12

A stretch of losses dating back to Oct. 13, 2016 came to an end for the Palmer Terrors. And in turn, it was the first win in 12 tries for coach Tom Reber.

The Terrors were down 12-0 at the half and rallied in the final two quarters to come away with an emotional win at Gerry Barry Stadium.

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5A: (10) Mullen 35, Doherty 28 (3 OT)

It took three overtimes, but No. 10 Mullen defended its home field in a thrilling win over Doherty.

The Spartans had a chance to tie the game in the second overtime, but a fumble at the goal line ended any chance for Doherty to walk away with its first win of the year.

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6-man: (8) Arickaree/Woodlin 26, (7) Fleming 20

In a low-scoring matchup between two top-10 6-man teams, it was Arickaree/Woodlin who started the season off with a win.

The Broncos host Kit Carson next week.

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Notables

• 2A No. 2 La Junta battled from behind to beat Pagosa Springs 24-14.
• 5A No. 6 Grandview edged Highlands Ranch 28-21 to improve to 2-0 on the year.
• Clint Buderus got his first win as the coach at Pueblo West as the Cyclones beat Pueblo County in the Pigskin Classic 20-0.
• Pine Creek endured eight lightning delays and came away with a 45-23 win over Rio Rancho (N.M.).
• In 4A, No. 4 Windsor beat No. 8 Vista Ridge 21-0.
• 4A No. 10 Skyline handled 3A No. 5 Mead 41-21.
• In 1A, No. 6 Resurrection Christian beat No. 5 Faith Christian 28-7.
• Sedgwick County pushed its winning streak to a state-best 24-games by beating No. 4 Hoehne in 8-man.
• Another top-10 matchup in 8-man: No. 8 Akron beat No. 3 Holly 8-6.
• And another one in 8-man: No. 9 Sargent beat No. 6 Fowler 46-28.
• 6-man No. 1 Stratton/Liberty beat No. 4 Prairie 66-23.
• No. 3 Kit Carson handled No. 10 La Veta 73-6 in 6-man.

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Other coverage

• Strasburg football won a top-5 matchup in 1A against Burlington.
• Jefferson puts an end to a 22-game losing streak.
• Re-live the night through our live coverage.
• An updated top-10 scoreboard after Friday’s games, and Saturday’s schedule.
• All scores from Friday, and the full Saturday slate.
• Updated league standings.

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Radio Highlights

This week’s radio lineup included coverage of Loveland’s win over Broomfield, Rifle getting a big win over Eagle Valley and Eaton’s 37-25 win over Sterling. Audio courtesy of The Team 1340 and KFKA 1310.

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For years, Chris Noll has preached we before me. It has been a big part in his construction of the athletic culture that stands today at Doherty High School.

Expectations are high for the athletes, both on the field and in the classroom.

Now Noll is taking on a greater challenge. Two weeks ago, he was named the Colorado Springs School District 11 athletic and activities director. Now he’s tasked with giving four high schools the devotion that he gave to Sparta.

His new role will be filled with learning curves and challenges, but after a conversation with Noll about expectations for himself and the schools, he seems more than up to the task.

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Question: What’s the biggest challenge that you see when it comes to taking on an entire district rather than being in charge of a single athletic department?

Noll: Truly, finding the culture and how things work at every single school. That’s going to be the biggest challenge and once you figure that out, then you can start making some suggestions and start helping shape and mold and form (each athletic department).

Mitchell is going to be a complete rebuild with a brand new athletic director; the whole nine yards. It’s going to be getting in there and helping somebody. It’s assisting Coronado and Palmer with what they already have going and then helping (new Doherty AD) Stephanie (Leasure) get her feet under and figuring out what she wants to keep at Doherty and what she wants to change.

Ultimately though, figuring out the culture for all the buildings.

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Q: Do you find that with a situation with Mitchell where it’s going to be a complete rebuild that your attention will be there more than the other schools because they have a foundation in place?

Noll: I do think that (at first) I’m going to spend more time at Mitchell and Doherty than I will at Coronado and Palmer.

At Doherty, it’s going to be mentoring and assisting Stephanie as she gets her feet underneath herself and learning the role of athletic director. The culture at Doherty is pretty much set. Everybody knows it’s a “we before me” thing and she is going to keep that. The coaches want to keep that and it’s just going to be taking it and running with it.

At Mitchell, there’s a brand new athletic director and at the end of the day, I think they’re looking to make some major changes and do some things, so I’m going to spend a lot of time there, not only helping a new athletic director that hasn’t been in that building, but helping a guy figure out how to be an AD. How to follow CHSAA rules, how to do all this stuff for CHSAA and those things.

I think I’ll be spending more time in those two schools, but I think I’m going to spend a lot of time in the schools in general. I’m committed to the schools as a part of this new job. I’m not a paper pusher, it’s just not who I am and not how I’m built. I’m a people-person so I need to get where the people are which is in the schools.

Q: I always hear people talk about getting into education to impact kids, but it always feels like the deeper they get into administration, the further away they get from the kids. You’re a very student-oriented guy so what are you going to do to make sure that doesn’t happen?

Noll: That’s part of what I have to figure out. I’m a big student recognition person. I’m all about student recognition. Part of it is just getting with the kids and getting in the buildings.

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We’re going to start a program where we recognize a male and female athlete of the month. One of the schools has already asked me to help with a leadership council and come in and work with the male population of that school in terms of their captains and student leaders.

Part of it is working with each athletic director and figuring out how I can be more involved and more active with their kids and how can I assist building what they’re trying to build with their kids.

Q: As a D11 alum, a former teacher, coach and athletic director and now the district athletic director, do you have a strong sense of what this district is about and what needs to happen for each school to be successful?

Noll: I do have a strong sense of it. You don’t truly understand exactly what’s going on until you get into the building and get your feet on the ground.

We played Coronado and Palmer in almost every sport and we play them twice in most sports so I have an idea of what’s going on in those schools, but part of our deal is that we have a brand new superintendent. I got a chance to sit down today with our new superintendent, Michael Thomas. I’m super excited to work for Michael Thomas.

He’s coming to us from Minnesota and he wants to hear our vision and he’s all about students and recognizing students and doing what’s best for students. I’m looking forward to that as well.

I am challenging myself and I have sold it to my district that I will be in buildings and not in Garry Barry Stadium.

Q: When you look at what you’ve done with the CHSAA Legislative Council, as a district AD you’re just as tied in to the Class 4A Colorado Springs Metro League as well as the 5A CSML. How will you make sure you’re acting in the interests of everyone and not one side over the other?

Noll: I think there’s an opportunity for your voice to be heard in different ways. It’s obvious that I have a different voice now. I just don’t speak on behalf of Sparta, but I speak on behalf of Colorado Springs School District 11.

I am no longer on the Legislative Council representing the 5A Colorado Springs Metro League. I think there’s a different way for my voice to be heard for our district. I’m the football (committee) chairperson.

When you serve as the chair of a committee like football you, in essence, are serving all of Colorado football and not just 5A.

I’m still on the basketball committee and recently, (commissioner) Rhonda Blanford-Green has asked me to serve on the handbook committee. That handbook committee is starting to get a bit of traction and it’s going to make it’s going make some policy and do some things that will help all schools.

My voice is different and I do represent four schools now, but I do think there’s an opportunity for your voice to be heard and you just have to go about it different.

Q: What are some of the great things going on at D11 that you’re going to be able to promote and put out there that maybe haven’t been as much in the spotlight in recent years?

Noll: I think that’s part of me going in and finding culture. When you look at the academic success that the Palmer teams have had, they won three or four academic team championships this year.

That’s a big deal.

I’m anxious to see what Coronado does now that they’re going from 5A to 4A because I think their success is going to go through the roof.

And when you look at Mitchell you have to look at what they’re doing. There’s an excitement that I’ve already felt from Mitchell. I sat in on an open community night where they selected their new athletic director. There’s an excitement there. The parents are excited. The coaches are excited. I attended a 7-on-7 (football) practice with Mitchell and met with their soccer coach. There’s an excitement there and you have to publicize that excitement.

Yesterday we established three social media accounts: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. I don’t know if it’s one big thing that I know of yet, but I know of a bunch of small, exciting things and positivity and being positive is contagious.

If you can bring energy and positive energy to things, that’s contagious and people get excited about that.

And then you have to push that out and there and let people know about that. Our first step is getting that social media up and running, you see what we’ve done with the DHS Athletics accounts.

It’s doing the small things that ultimately lead to big things.

Q: I know that by the time your career is over, you want to leave D11 in a better place than you found it. What is your vision for district athletics over the next five to 10 years?

Noll: My vision is to make sure all kids in District 11 have access and availability to compete. We have some things going right now that are going to help some of our lower socio-economic schools with their activity fees and transportation and things like that.

One of of my big visions is how do we get some of our lower socio-economic areas the ability to compete with club sports. How do we give those kids the access and ability to go compete at that and really just compete.

I want there to be a big push in terms of facilities. Our facilities are lacking. When you look at the number of 4A and 5A high schools throughout the state of Colorado, most of them have turf fields, synthetic tracks and good facilities. We’re behind the times in terms of some of our athletic facilities.

People understanding their “why.” I’m a firm believer in that if you do business the right way, meaning having high-energy and being unbelievably positive and knowing your “why.” Coaches need to know their “why” and if their “why” is to win games and championships, then they’ve lost out on the meaning of high school athletics.

Getting coaches in there to really focus on the why will have a significant impact in league standing and what we’re doing. The winning and all that will take care of itself.

I want to make sure that we have a systematic approach in recognizing our student-athletes. How do we recognize what has been there before us at District 11 and get it back into our schools and back into our communities and get some excitement built around that?

That’s something I want to do. District 11 athletics has always been something special. I’ve been a part of it since I was in kindergarten. I’m 46-years-old. I’ve been a part of District 11 for 41 years.

We have to get some of that old guard back in to connect with some of our new folks and reboot what we do and how we do it and why we do it.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

DENVER — Complete results from the both days of the state spirit competition are below.

The prelims are on Friday, with the finals on Saturday. Find a full schedule here.

Below are the full results, including the finalists and their order of finish. These are updated after each session ends.

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Finals

* – Won tiebreak with a higher average cheer score.

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Prelims

These results are a reflection of the deductions taken off the final score. An asterisk (*) indicates that the team will move on to the finals.

The 2017 all-state boys soccer teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These team were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of coaches.

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Class 5A

(Carl Auer/MaxPreps)

Player of the year: Michael Mooney, Broomfield

Coach of the year: Jim Davidson, Broomfield

Honorable mention: Alexis Acevedo, Senior, Hinkley; Aaron Biggerstaff, Junior, Rocky Mountain; Cole Blake, Senior, Regis Jesuit; Kelton Boyd, Senior, Greeley West; Kyler Bradshaw, Senior, Grand Junction; Guilherme Caldas, Senior, Prairie View; Alexis Flores, Junior, Rangeview; Quinn Frankovsky, Senior, Boulder; Cameron Gail, Junior, Arapahoe; Colin Giardino, Senior, Regis Jesuit; Jesus Hernandez, Senior, Westminster; Edwin Hernandez, Senior, Coronado; Kyle Hernandez, Senior, Grandview; Parker Josephson, Senior, Fountain-Fort Carson; Jack Mann, Senior, Doherty; Caesar Martinez, Junior, Cherry Creek; Mason Miller, Junior, Ralston Valley; Caleb Norwood, Junior, Liberty; Dillon O’Connor, Senior, Castle View; Alex Ortiz, Sophomore, Far Northeast Warriors; Anthony Priest, Junior, Fort Collins; Jon Schroeder, Senior, Pine Creek; Anandro Sinaga, Senior, Hinkley; Sajji Singh, Junior, Fairview; Langston Smith, Senior, Rangeview; Jonathan Terry, Senior, Castle View; Jacob Wood, Senior, Cherry Creek; Logan Yeager, Junior, Mountain Range; Afeworki Zeru, Senior, Rampart.

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Class 4A

(Chris Fehrm/MaxPreps)

Player of the year: Kristian Hooker, Air Academy

Coach of the year: Lee Stanley, Centaurus

Honorable mention: Sean Alex, Sophomore, Montrose; Nasr AliAbid, Senior, Littleton; Eddie Arciniega, Senior, Mitchell; Kyle Boyd, Senior, D’Evelyn; Jesse Bridge, Senior, Sand Creek; David Brughelli, Senior, Green Mountain; Luis Bustos, Senior, Skyline; Mauricio Castillo, Senior, Battle Mountain; Francisco Chavez, Sophomore, Pueblo Centennial; Isaac Chihuahua, Senior, Thomas Jefferson; Steve Cline, Junior, Pueblo West; Matthew Fountaine, Senior, Holy Family; Saul Garcia-Rodriguez, Junior, Arvada; Colton Gomez, Senior, Golden; Horacio Gomez, Senior, Kennedy; Jesus Gonzales, Junior, Niwot; Ryan Gutberlet, Junior, Evergreen; JP Hallmark, Senior, Silver Creek; Waseem Jimenez, Senior, Windsor; Sam Kilimann, Senior, Cheyenne Mountain; Max Lewter, Junior, Valor Christian; Roberto Martinez, Senior, Fort Morgan; Elian Mojica, Senior, Alameda; Jason Oehme, Senior, Steamboat Springs; Alonso Pacheco, Senior, Glenwood Springs; Connor Peskin, Senior, Silver Creek; Pablo Reyes, Senior, Skyview; Tanner Schnurbusch, Senior, Conifer; Matthew Spory, Junior, Cheyenne Mountain; Tanner Starnes, Senior, D’Evelyn; Garrett Troupe, Senior, The Classical Academy; Bryan Vazquez, Junior, Skyview; Nate Webb, Junior, Skyline; Joe Whitney, Senior, Wheat Ridge; Tristan Widic, Senior, Mesa Ridge; Max Wilson, Senior, Durango.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Larson Baker, Colorado Academy

Coach of the year: Cyrus Salehi, Liberty Common

Honorable mention: Marcus Amaya, Senior, Coal Ridge; Jeff Amidon, Junior, Denver Christian; Demetrio Araiza, Junior, Atlas Preparatory School; Richard Argueta, Sophomore, Basalt; Armando Armas, Freshman, Denver School of Science & Technology: Green Valley Ranch; Bryan Ascencio, Senior, Jefferson; Alex Bonilla, Junior, Valley; Aidan Boyd, Senior, Jefferson Academy; Max Candela, Junior, Roaring Fork; Daniel Cisneros, Senior, Englewood; Joel Daniel, Senior, The Academy; Lewis DeCarolis, Senior, Colorado Springs School; Riki Fujimoto, Freshman, Fountain Valley; Rodrigo Garcia, Senior, KIPP Denver Collegiate; Anderson Gilmore, Senior, The Academy; Luis Guadarrama, Senior, Estes Park; Dom Hartman, Junior, St. Mary’s; Christian Juarez, Sophomore, Aurora West College Prep Academy; Hajrudin Karasalihovic, Senior, WIlliam Smith; Bryce Lindquist, Senior, Faith Christian; Gerardo Lucero Castro, Freshman, WIlliam Smith; Theo Marston, Junior, Vail Mountain; Lamario Nisbeth, Sophomore, Atlas Preparatory School; Caleb Richardson, Senior, Salida; Jorge Rojas, Senior, Bruce Randolph; Asher Schoepflin, Sophomore, Manitou Springs; Lukas Senovaitis, Senior, Middle Park; Jack Shams, Senior, Dawson School; Aidan Sloan, Junior, Roaring Fork; Jaime Vazquez, Junior, Lamar.

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After failing to beat La Junta twice last year, Kent Denver needed this one. And with a late field goal, the top-ranked team in the Class 2A CHSAANow.com football poll got it.

The Sun Devils came away with a 10-7 win over the Tigers to somewhat avenge last year’s defeats, the latter of which came in the 2A state title game.

“Anytime you lose the state championship game you have a bad taste in your mouth,” Kent Denver coach Scott Yates said. “All our kids and coaches wanted to try and erase it.”

The win is the 319th for Yates, who remains tied with West Grand’s Chris Brown for the most in state history.

The Tigers (3-1 overall) jumped out to a 7-0 lead before the end of the first quarter.

But the lead wouldn’t hold.

Kent Denver (4-0) was able to tie the game before halftime and the two teams came out unwilling to give each other any more points.

Still locked in a 7-7 tie, it was Kent Denver who would get the edge as Quinn Voboril kicked a late field goal which proved to be the game winner.

“We had to stop them in order to get the ball with enough time to go down the field. That created a little momentum for us,” Yates said. “It gives you an uplift and said let’s do something with it. We marched the ball down the field pretty well.”

The Sun Devils open league play next week when they hit the road and travel to Elizabeth. The Tigers also begin league play next week, hosting TCA.

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8-man: (8) Hoehne 44, (2) Daypsring Christian 37

Hoehne built a 22-8 lead at halftime, but Dayspring Christian did everything possible to make up ground in the second half. But 22 points in the third quarter alone wasn’t going to cut it.

The Farmers were able to put up 22 more points in the second half and finish off the upset over 8-man’s second-ranked team.

Senior Jacob Yates had 202 yards and two touchdowns for Hoehne. Kyle Rowe also rushed for two scores, and Riley Hudson added one.

Christian Still, a freshman, tossed three touchdown passes for Dayspring Christian — all of them to senior Jimmy Fargo.

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5A: (5) Regis Jesuit 24, (9) Highlands Ranch 0

It took Regis Jesuit almost a full 24 minutes of game time to find the end zone. But after scoring just once in the first half, the Raiders turned up the heat in the second.

They added two touchdowns and field goal to get a big win over a top-10 opponent.

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1A: (3) Strasburg 14, (4) Limon 12

Strasburg handed Limon its first loss of the season on Saturday.

The Indians scored touchdown a in each the first and fourth quarters and that was all that was needed to move to 3-1 on the season.

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8-man: (9) Merino 14, (10) McClave 8

Merino remained undefeated on the year with a 14-8 win over McClave. It’s the first loss for the Cardinals, who broke into the 8-man rankings last week.

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Notables:

• No. 3 Cheyenne Wells beat No. 5 Kit Carson in a top-10 game in 6-man, 14-12.
• Monarch is now 4-0 following a 14-10 win over Brighton in 4A.
• Blayden Fletcher rushed for five touchdowns and 227 yards in North Park’s 47-42 win over Briggsdale. He also had 11 tackles and a sack on defense.
• Noah Roper’s great season continues: He had 276 yards and three touchdowns as Erie beat Centaurus 38-13 in 3A. Erie is 4-0.
• 5A No. 10 Fairview rolled over Prairie View 68-0. Sophomore quarterback Aiden Atkinson threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns. Mariano Kemp, Brian Moreno and Jake Sheerin each rushed for two scores. Sheerin also had a receiving touchdown.
• Calvin Pope rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown as Denver East beat Hinkley 50-19 for its first win this season.
• Gilpin County improved to 3-1 following a 54-0 win over Belleview Christian.
• Thane Duzenack threw a touchdown pass for Mitchell and the Marauders beat Ridge View Academy 22-6 to win their first game this season.
• Golden beat Far Northeast 17-14. David O’Connell threw two touchdown passes. Jack Walters recovered two fumbles.
• James LaCerte had two touchdowns and 182 yards rushing for Cheyenne Mountain in its 30-7 win over Lincoln.
• DJ King threw three touchdowns and had 199 yards passing as Mesa Ridge beat George Washington 49-22. Ju-Wan Edgerton added two rushing scores.
• Grant Baker returned an interception 47 yards for a touchdown, and then held up as Colorado Springs Christian beat Valley 7-0.

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More coverage:

• Photos from the rivalry game between Chaparral and Legend.
• An updated top-10 scoreboard from all Week 4 games.
• All scores from this week’s games.
• Updated RPI standings for all classes.
• A roundup of Friday’s football games.
• A roundup of Thursday’s football games.

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Seeking to further foster the sportsmanship that exists in high school sports, Mitchell High School has created an announcement that its athletes will read prior to home events.

The announcement, a brainchild of the Mitchell administration, was reviewed by the school’s head coaches, its student-athletes, the English department, and by other athletic directors within District 11.

The sportsmanship announcement will be read by students prior to their home events at Mitchell High School and Garry Berry Stadium this school year.

It will also be printed on the back of every program for home events, and will be distributed to parents during Mitchell’s Fall Sports Kick-Off event on Wednesday, as well as their back-to-school event on Aug. 31.

Here’s the text of the sportsmanship announcement:

Good afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to Mitchell H.S./Garry Berry Stadium. My name is: (student’s name) and I am here to deliver your sportsmanship announcement for this event.

On behalf of my teammates, coaches, athletic program, school, and CHSAA, I want to thank everyone here for coming out to support us, the STUDENT-ATHLETES, who will be participating this afternoon/evening. We choose to participate because it is fun for us and we enjoy the friendly competition.

We ask that, YOU, the spectators, honor and respect the student athletes and this event. We PREPARE, PLAN, and PLAY to WIN, BUT WINNING is not our PURPOSE. Our purpose as players and coaches is to compete, to learn to work together, to manage adversity when it arises, and to accept the outcome of this event with humbleness and humility.

To the OFFICIALS, thank you for your sacrifice to this game. We realize you are human and you might make mistakes but we will not criticize you for them. Instead, we will respect you for your efforts and dedication to our sport.

To our OPPONENTS, we will compete against you as hard as we can because we want to win just as much as you do, but at the end of this event, we will respect you for being our competitors.

To the PARENTS and FANS, cheer for us in a positive manner, respect all of the players, coaches, and officials and remember, this is just a game and we are here to have fun.

Not everyone gets to win everything and there are some incredible LIFE LESSONS that can be learned from any outcome. With that being said, let’s have a fantastic event this afternoon/evening.

The 2016 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of head coaches across the state.

Players were placed onto the first-team, second-team and honorable mention based upon the number of votes they received. In 5A-1A, spots were reserved for linemen and one kicker/punter, while 8-man reserved spots for linemen.

CHSAA does not determine who makes or doesn’t make the team; they are created entirely from the results of the coaches’ vote.

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Class 5A

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Player of the year: Dylan McCaffrey, Valor Christian

Coach of the year: Jay Madden, Pomona

Honorable mention: Jake Archuleta, Douglas County, Senior, LB/SS; Tyler Campbell, Mullen, Senior, MLB/DE; Kyante Christian, Eaglecrest, Junior, DT/OT; Austin Davis, Poudre, Senior, K/DB; Chase Dixon, Arvada West, Senior, WR/KR; Christian Elliss, Valor Christian, Senior, ATH/LB; Judd Erickson, Mountain Vista, Senior, QB; Max Gonzales, Cherokee Trail, Senior; Austin Johnson, Highlands Ranch, Sophomore, G/DT; Zeke Johnson, ThunderRidge, Senior, RB/SB; Alfred Jones, Regis Jesuit, Senior, RB; Colby Keiter, Ralston Valley, Senior, DE/TE; Nolan Laufenberg, Castle View, Senior, OT/DT; Alec Lewis, Legacy, Junior, QB; Riese Lutz, Castle View, Senior, CB/K; Ashton Mansur, Columbine, Senior, OC/DT; Jalen Mergerson, Eaglecrest, Junior, QB/CB; Ben Montgomery, Grandview, Senior, K; Tim Mullin, Columbine, Senior, LB/FB; Justin Ragland, Doherty, Senior, WR/CB; Kendryk Rankin, Fountain-Fort Carson, Senior, DT/DE; Walker Rumsey, Bear Creek, Senior, QB; Brady Russell, Fossil Ridge, Senior, LS/DE/TE; Simote Samate, Grandview, Junior, DE; Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl, Fairview, Junior, DB/K; Alex Smith, Arapahoe, Junior, SS/WR; Tyler Smith, Mountain Range, Senior, DE/TE; Michael Thompson, Aurora Central, Sophomore, ILB/OL; Zach Thomson, Cherry Creek, Senior, OT; Barry Wesley, Bear Creek, Senior, OT/LS; Tate Wildeman, Legend, Junior, DE/TE; Jake Willemsen, Fairview, Senior, QB; Garrett Zanon, Pomona, Senior, LB.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Marcus Lindsay, Denver South

Coach of the year: Blair Hubbard, Broomfield

Honorable mention: Jack Anderson, Standley Lake, Senior, TE/DL; Joe Arps, Denver South, Senior, DE/OL/FB; Justin Barley, Chatfield, Junior, DT; EJ Barrera, Grand Junction Central, Senior, QB/SB; Garrett Betty, Broomfield, Senior, FB/LB; Adam Burtschi, Rampart, Senior, G/DT; Keion Cross, Rampart, Junior, QB/SB; Deric Cruz, Mesa Ridge, Senior, MLB/FB; Keegan Cryder, Dakota Ridge, Senior, OT/DE; Brody Csikos, Heritage, Junior, OC/G; TJ Davis, Widefield, Junior, QB/DB/ATH; Justin Dwinell, Coronado, Junior, WR/P; James Everett II, George Washington, Senior, CB/WR; Dominick Fini, Mesa Ridge, Junior, DT/OT; Zach Garrard, Cheyenne Mountain, Senior, OL/LB; Braeden Graham, Fruita Monument, Junior, RB/LB; Easton Hall, Monarch, Senior, WR/DE; Ian Helwick, Brighton, Junior, DE/TE; Nathan Higgins, Skyline, Senior, SS/RB; Sam Hoswell, Monarch, Junior, G/OT; Mason Keeler, Broomfield, Senior, QB/FS; Jake Leone, Fort Collins, Junior, TE/DE; Josh Martin, Heritage, Junior, CB/RB; Dillon Meyers, Dakota Ridge, Senior, MLB/OL; Nate Miller, Widefield, Senior, OL/LB; Jax Nourse, Grand Junction, Senior, QB/LB; Jeremiah Ratliff, Air Academy, Senior, DE/WR; Alefosio Saipaia, Sand Creek, Junior, OL/DL; Kyle Schulman, Fort Collins, Senior, DE/OL; Zack Swartwout, Loveland, Senior, DE/TE; Ivan Thomas, Mountain View, Senior, DL/K/TE; Logan Triplett, Fruita Monument, Senior, RB/DE; Caleb Vannest, Greeley West, Senior, MLB/TE; Zach Weinmaster, Loveland, Sophomore, RB/S.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Bryson Torres, Pueblo East

Coach of the year: Andy Watts, Pueblo East

Honorable mention: Luc Andrada, Pueblo East, Sophomore, QB/CB; Austin Bernal, Palisade, Junior, RB/SS; Caleb Brown, Palisade, Senior, OL/DL; Quindell Bryant, Mitchell, Senior, LB/TE/WR; Erick Carrillo, Fort Morgan, Senior; Robert Case, Frederick, Senior, OL/DL; Alex Cordova, Rifle, Senior; Thomas Cross, Lewis-Palmer, Senior, OL/DL; Ramone Daley, Harrison, Senior, RB/LB; Connor Gould, Rifle, Junior; Caleb Grotelueschen, Discovery Canyon, Junior, RB/SS; Patrick Haggard, Lewis-Palmer, Junior, FB/NG; Cameron Hays, Evergreen, Senior, RB/LB; Kyle Helbig, Holy Family, Sophomore, TE/DE; Dylan Holt, Vista Peak Prep, Senior, WR/CB; Cameron Hurtado, Roosevelt, Senior, QB/SS; Quintin Hyrup, Erie, Senior, SS/CB; Brock Knechtel, SIlver Creek, Senior, RB/LB; Isaac Maestas, Palisade, Senior, RB/MLB; Cory McLellan, Palmer Ridge, Junior, WR/FS; Joshua Nagao, Alameda, Junior, LB/FB; Evan Price, Evergreen, Junior, K/P; Noah Roper, Erie, Sophomore, RB/WR/SS; Ben Schlieper, Green Mountain, Senior, TE/DE; Joey Shaffer, Thompson Valley, Junior, DE/OT; Jonah Stupar, Pueblo County, Senior, OT/DT; Dacian Sullivan, Canon City, Senior, WR/DB; Dante Vigil, Sierra, Senior, OC/MLB/DT; Mark Vivoda, Pueblo East, Junior, FB/LB; Chase Walkes, Palmer Ridge, Senior, OT/G; Peyton Woolverton, Durango, Senior, QB/WR.

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Class 2A

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Player of the year: Jon Nuschy, La Junta

Coach of the year: Clint Buderus, La Junta

Honorable mention: Kyle Bahnsen, University, Junior, DL/OT; Mason Barrows, Alamosa, Senior, RB/CB/KR; Ian Fonseca, Arvada, Senior, QB/P/K; Deondre Gordon, Arvada, Senior, WR/CB; Jaxon Hobbs, Eaton, Senior, TE/DE; Hunter Killough, Bayfield, Junior, RB/FS; Mikinzie Klimper, Moffat County, Junior, WR/MLB; Ben Lucas, D’Evelyn, Senior, FS/FB; Alec Lucero, Florence, Senior, QB; Joe Luebbers, Bishop Machebeuf, Senior, WR/LB; Lane Mangum, Gunnison, Senior, ATH/LB; Remington McKnight, Bishop Machebeuf, Junior, OT/DT; Kye Mills, Eaton, Senior, OT/DE; Ricky Mills, Middle Park, Senior, OL/LB; Bryce Noel, Florence, Senior, LB/OL; Abraham Ontiveros, Delta, Senior, K/WR; Donovan Pacht, The Classical Academy, Junior, OL/DL; RJ Peshek, Aspen, Junior, QB/MLB; Kyle Roberts, Basalt, Senior, WR/DB; Christian Rose, Sterling, Junior, WR/DB; Lincoln Rychecky, Kent Denver, Senior, FB/MLB; Riley Smith, Platte Valley, Senior, OC/DL; Josh Stephens, Gunnison, Senior, DT/G; Wyatt Thies, Elizabeth, Senior, DE; Aaron Trujillo, Valley, Senior, RB/FS; Josh Wallin, Gunnison, Senior, QB/LB/FS; Tyler Walls, Prospect Ridge Academy, Junior, MLB/OC; Corben Wilcox, University, Senior, LB/RB.

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Class 1A

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Player of the year: Conner Martin, Strasburg

Coach of the year: Jeff Giger, Strasburg

Honorable mention: Brandon Buhr, Centauri, Junior, RB/S/WR; Toby Camp, Buena Vista, Senior, FB/LB; Cayden Camper, Rye, Sophomore, K/P; Jett County, Burlington, Senior; Luis Delgado, Manual, Senior, OL/DT; Casey Fringer, Centauri, Junior, DL/OL; Josh Gonzales, Peyton, Sophomore, RB/FS; Luke Grinnan, Burlington, Senior; Trystan Hanks, Peyton, Senior, FB/MLB; Alexander Inman, Clear Creek, Senior, OG/DL; Ty Judge, Clear Creek, Junior, QB/DB; Wade Katzdorn, Hotchkiss, Senior, RB/MLB/LB; Bryce Kullby, Front Range Christian, Senior, K/P; Tristan Laver, Crowley County, Senior, DE; Brendan Mayden, Holyoke, Senior, G/ILB; Garrett Miller, Bennett, Senior, RB/SS; Evan Munger, Front Range Christian, Senior, WR/DB; Cedric Perea, Monte Vista, Junior, OC/LB; Christian Reynolds, Cedaredge, Senior, OG/LB; Cole Rouse, Highland, Senior, QB/S/ATH; Trevor Sander, Platte Canyon, Junior; Luke Srsen, Wray, Senior, C; Chase Starman, Strasburg, Senior, WR/FS; Terren Trujillo, Rye, Senior, G/DE; Cody Venem, Rocky Ford, Senior, QB/DB; Austin Walck, Grand Valley, Senior, OT/MLB/FB; Avery Whitlock, Ellicott, Senior, OL/DL; Tory Willson, Cedaredge, Senior, DT/OL; Bradly Wright, Platte Canyon, Senior, RB/FS.

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8-man

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Player of the year: Chad Mikelson, Sedgwick County

Coach of the year: Jerome Weers, Akron

Honorable mention: Ethan Barnes, Norwood, Senior, OC/DE; Marlon Castillo, Plateau Valley, Senior, WR/SS/SB; Bruce Cordova, West Grand, Senior, OG/ILB; Abraham Dauphinais, Justice, Junior, FB/DT; Ryan Davis, Sargent, Junior, ATH; David Flores, Granada, Senior, G/DE; Hayden Harris, Norwood, Senior, G/LB; Cade Holden, Granada, Senior, QB/S; Justin Johnson, Sargent, Senior, ATH; Jace Logan, Soroco, Sophomore, RB/DB; Issac Matson, West Grand, Senior, TE/NG; Colin Mertens, Merino, Senior, DE/OC; Tack Neugebauer, Holly, Senior, SB/HB/G; Dean Reed, Fowler, Senior, QB/DE; Jerald Romero, Justice, Senior, WR/CB; Devyn Rummel, Norwood, Senior, RB/DB.

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6-man

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Player of the year: Cameron Klann, Hi-Plains

Coach of the year: Garrett Smith, Cheyenne Wells

Honorable mention: Dace Ball, Cheyenne Wells, Senior; Cody Lyons, Cotopaxi, Senior; Nic Martin, North Park, Junior, TE/DE/OC; Jake McClendon, Genoa-Hugo, Senior, RB/LB; Levi Muller, Fleming, Senior, OL/DL; Adam Parachini, Weldon Valley, Senior, OL/FB/DL; Noel Pizana, North Park, Senior, RB/DB; Luke Puchino, Longmont Christian, Senior, QB/ATH; Marco Ramos, Arickaree/Woodlin, Senior; Brandon Ravenkamp, Genoa-Hugo, Senior, QB/DE; Joel Smith, Elbert, Senior, CB/QB; Peyton Uhrig, Otis, Senior.

The 2016 all-state boys soccer teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These team were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of coaches.

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Class 5A

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Player of the year: Tajon Buchanan, Legacy

Coach of the year: Hardy Kalisher, Boulder

Honorable mention: Matt Behnke, Rock Canyon, Senior, FORW; Braden Bloom, Castle View, Senior, D; Cameron Broadhurst, Broomfield, Junior; Luke Drumright, Arvada West, Senior, MF/FORW; Miguel Garcia, Far Northeast Warriors, Senior, GK; Andrew Hansen, Grand Junction, Senior, D/MF/FORW; Joey Hussey, Rangeview, Senior, D; Jackson Myers, ThunderRidge, Senior, D; Phillip Pedler, Lakewood, Junior, STRK/D; Erik Plascencia, Bear Creek, Junior, MF; Jacob Roldan, Smoky Hill, Senior, MF; Abram Sanchez, Grand Junction, Junior, STRK; Edgar Sepulveda, Westminster, Senior, MF; Stone Streeter, Fairview, Senior, MF; Raghav Thapa, Cherokee Trail, Senior; Brandon Valladares, Greeley West, Senior, GK; Roberto Vasquez, Denver East, Senior, MF; Miguel Veloz, Bear Creek, Junior, FORW; Joel Walker, Vista Ridge, Senior, MF/FORW; Kevin Yevak, Ralston Valley, Senior, D; Miguel Zambrano, Gateway, Senior, MF.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Titus Grant, The Classical Academy

Coach of the year: Blake Galvin, The Classical Academy

Honorable mention: Brandon Archuleta, Pueblo West, Senior, MF; Alex Arnold, Niwot, Senior, FORW; Carlos Bahena, Denver West, Senior, MF/HB/FORW; Jorge Baranda, Wheat Ridge, Sophomore, MF/FORW; Richard Benson, Evergreen, Senior, FB/D; Will Beurskens, Steamboat Springs, Junior, MF; Nick Boldvich, Palmer Ridge, Junior; Chris Chasteen, The Classical Academy, Senior, D; Spencer Condon, Mountain View, Senior, STRK/MF; Ture Elamo, Skyview, Senior, GK; Danny Gallardo, Mitchell, Senior, MF; Camden Garland, Durango, Senior, D/MF; Josh Griffin, Standley Lake, Senior; Connor Henry, Durango, Senior, MF; Christopher Himel, Centaurus, Junior, D/FORW; Kristian Hooker, Air Academy, Junior, FORW/MF; Michael Jimenez, Mullen, Junior, FORW/MF; Creek Kamby, Battle Mountain, Senior; Parker Klein, Ponderosa, Senior, MF; Hayden MacPherson, Lewis-Palmer, Senior, GK; Dawson McCawley, Skyline, Senior, MF/FORW/D; Sergio Mendoza, Pueblo South, Senior, GK; Landen Nau, Pueblo West, Senior, D; Brandon Rodriguez, Battle Mountain, Senior, MF; Nikylas Roitsch, The Classical Academy, Senior, D/MF; Jonny Stephens, The Classical Academy, Junior, D/MF; Miguel Toledo, Silver Creek, Senior, STRK.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Max Mehlman, Kent Denver

Coach of the year: Matt Cassell, Jefferson Academy

Honorable mention: Paul Boehner, Liberty Common, Senior, MF/D; Javier De La Cruz, Basalt, Senior; Conor Findley, DSST-Stapleton, Junior, GK; Josh Fulk, Coal Ridge, Junior; Kevin Garcia, Vail Mountain, Senior; Jacob Gonzalez, St. Mary’s, Senior, MF; Sebastian Grigore, Dawson School, Senior; Irvin Guaderrama, Lake County, Senior, FORW; Brandon Harper, Delta, Junior; Hajrudin Karasalihovic, William Smith, Junior, MF; Braedan Krier, Sterling, Senior; Zion Lander, DSST-Green Valley Ranch, Senior, STRK; Michael Longtine, The Academy, Senior, MF/D; Tanner MacKay, Colorado Springs Christian, Junior, MF/STRK; Nestor Perez, Valley, Senior, FORW; Mike Rutledge, Frontier Academy, Senior, MF; Kyle Shaffer, Rye, Senior, STRK/MF; Elliot Shaw, Middle Park, Senior, MF/D/FORW; Eric Strauss, Jefferson Academy, Junior; Edgar Torres, Aurora West College Prep, Senior, MF/D; Juan Torres, The Pinnacle, Senior; Alec Vega, DSST-Green Valley Ranch, Senior, MF; Ted Weiss, Manitou Springs, Senior, MF; Amos Westley, Estes Park, Junior, GK/D.